South Korea court issues warrant for impeached President Yoon [Video]

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol could become the first sitting president of the country to face an arrest after a court issued a warrant against him, domestic media reported.

The Seoul Western District Court issued the detention warrant against Yoon, Korea Times reported, after he failed to show up for questioning, despite multiple summons by a joint investigation unit comprising South Korea’s police and the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials.

The warrant empowers the CIO to take Yoon into custody for questioning within 48 hours.

Yoon’s legal team said it plans to file an injunction with the Constitution Court to suspend the issuance of the warrant, according to a Google translation of a Yonhap report in Korean. A legal representative for Yoon said the warrant was “illegal and invalid” because investigating insurrection charges was outside the CIO’s jurisdiction.

A separate warrant allows the CIO to search Yoon’s residence. Citing security concerns, the Presidential Security Service has blocked …